Clothes-wringer.



L. G. SMITH.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLIGAIION rum) AUG. 1. 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

gnuenioz structural details of the roller.

LYLE 0. SMITH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CLOTHES-WRIN GER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed August 1, 1910. Serial No. 574,947.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Lynn C. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Grand Rapids, county of Kent, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-\Vringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in laundry wringers.

The ob'ect of the invention is to provide an improved structure cooperating with imv proved elastic rollers whereby a spring core is provided for the rubber roller which increases the etliciency of its action.-

Objects relating to details will appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

Structures embodying in preferred forms the features of my invention are clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which 2-- Figure 1 is a detail elevation view of a wringer embodying the features of my invention, a portion being cut away to show details, the wringer roll and other parts being sectioned on a line corresponding to line l1 of .Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional view-on linc 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the Fig. 3 is a detail of a modification of the roller, taken on a line corrcspoiuling to line 3---3 of Fig. t, the modification being in the feature of the core, which is here a spiral coil. Fig. i is a transverse detail sectional view on line t --lof Fig. 3 showing the structural details of this modilication. Fig. 5 is'a detail view of another moi-litication, .in which longitudinal elastic rods are made use of in place of the spiral, the same being partially in section on line 5 5 ot Fig. (i. Fig. (3 is a detail transverse sectional view taken on a line corresponding to line (t tt ol Fig. 5 showing the strluctural details of this niodilication.

in the drawing, the sectional views are taken looking in the .lircction of the little arrows at the ends ol the section lines, and similar numerals of rcl'cremzc refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Considering the numerals of reference, the posts 1-- -1 are of the usual form, and between them are supported and disposed the UNITED STATE? RATEN T OFFICE.

Patented May 9, 1911 a wringer rolls 9, 3. These are extended into; shafts 5. 5 at each end, which are embraced, by suitable ball bearing members (h -'6 co=-: we acting with suitable balls in ball races 6' in 0 the usual form. The outer ends of the i. shafts 5 are provided with disks 8, 9,whichcoact together much like friction gears, their outer faces being somewhat rounded to perch mit of slight movement. At the ends of the 1 5, rolls are the usual construction of the inter-r meshing gears 8, t), commonly used int-:1 wringers. A spring cross-bar 10 is acrossai the top of the wringer between the posts anditi is urged down by means of a screw 11 or any wo other suitable means to put adjustable yieldedv ing pressure upon the upper roll and urgcwitoz toward the lower one, whereby the degree of; l pressure between the rolls is etl'ectively adrtxi justed. Through the center of the roll is aii spring core t of spiral form, which is conw: nected to the end shafts by electric welding; usually. This core is preferably in the form of a flat blade, twisted like the body of an anger or hit. I-lowever, this core can be considerably modified, as shown in Fig. 3, in which the core is made simply in the form of a spiral coil 13. In Fig. 5 I show a core consisting of a plurality of separated steel rods 14. which accomplish the same purpose to reinforce the action of the rubber roller by providing an etl'ective elastic core of spring metal. The core in the form I have illustrated in Fig. l lcnds itself very readily to receiving the rubber roller.

In use, my improved wringcr will be found to be very ctl'ective and while I have found the upper roll :uljustable, for all ordinary work, it need not be adjustable. This adjustment increases the capacity slightly. Because the rolls are pl'm'idcd with llexible cores, they will yield readily and conse- (pu-ntly permit any appropriate article to pass readily between the same. Because the core is elastic, the center of each roll will be dctlcctcd, the lower one downwardly and the upper oneupwardly, and because of their tlexihility, they will closely embrace anything passing between them. This does not throw the structure out of connnission, because the disks 8', t), coact and cooperate with the gears and with the bcarings to preserve the shafts in parallel relations. And,

the proper relation and proper condition for wringing thinner articles that may then beofi'ered. By this means the adjustment of the upper roll is very largely avoided.

I have not shown any means for securing my improved Wringer to the tub, and do not deem this to be necessary.

The invention is adapted to tub wringers, and also to bench wrmgers in which the parts are securedto the bench in place of to the t ub.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wringer, the combination of the posts; suitable bearing in the posts;

Wringer rollers between the said bearings,

havingspiral blade flexible elastic cores of metal and having end shafts in said bearings; intermeshing gears on said shafts at the ends of said rollers; and disks outside of the said bearings at the outer ends of the .shafts of both rollers of such dimension as to contact with each other and run in contact with each other, whereby the parallel relation ofthe roller shafts is maintained, all coacting substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wringer, the combination of the posts; suitable bearings in the posts;

wringer rollers between the said bearings,

having flexible elastic cores of metal and having end shafts in said bearings; intermeshing gears on said shafts at the ends of said rollers; and disks outside of the said hearings on the outer ends of the shafts of both rollers of such dimension as to contact with each other and run in contact with each other, whereby the parallel relation of the roller shafts is maintained, all coacting substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

3. In a wringer, the combination of the posts; suitable bearings in the posts; and wringer rollers between the said bearings, having spiral blade auger-shaped flexible elastic cores of metal and having end shafts in said bearings, all coacting substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

LYLE 0. SMITH. a 3.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. DILLnNBAoK, Ross L. DILLENBACK. 

